mucli merit from the fact ; for if I had not suggested it, someone 

 else would certainly have done so. The idea, so to speak, was in 

 the air. As to the part which I have taken in the active work, I 

 was about to call it a labour of love, but that expression would be 

 untrue, for there was no labour in it. As soon as the letters were 

 written, the answers came in quickly and readily, and the project 

 was received with enthusiasm by the old Cambridge pupils. There 

 were also others not strictly pupils who claimed the coveted 

 honour of being considered such, on account of informal instruction 

 received in the study or the field. Some old pupils whose names 

 do not appear on the list would also have desired to be there, but 

 there were difficulties in obtaining names and addresses of all, as no 

 record of attendance at Dr. Bonney's Cambridge lectures was 

 available to be consulted. It would take too long to read all the 

 letters received from former Cambridge students, and rather than 

 read extracts I will give a general idea of what was in their 

 minds when they wrote. They all looked upon Dr. Bonney as in 

 every way a " guide, philosopher and friend ; " as one who, though 

 he was just before he was generous, yet allowed generosity to walk 

 so closely on the heels of justice, that they seemed to go side by 

 side. A sentence from one letter I feel bound to read, as the writer, 

 Dr. R. D. Roberts, specially sent a message to Dr. Bonney. He 

 wrote — " I was one of his (Dr. Bonney^s) very early pupils, but my 

 sense of indebtedness to him for the many kindnesses of those days 

 is not weakened by the twenty -three or twenty-four years that have 

 passed since then.''^ 



Here my remarks might be brought to a close, but I propose to 

 trespass on Professor Sollas' ground, as what I am about to say, 

 he could not. On Professor Bonney^s shoulders fell practically the 

 whole of the Geological teaching at Cambridge after the death of 

 Professor Sedgwick. That he completely discharged the difficult 

 duty which thus came to him is abundantly shown by the fact that 

 amongst his very early pupils were two men like Mr. Teall and 

 Professor Sollas. 



I thank Professor Bonney for all that he did for me personally, 

 and I feel that I may speak for all the pupils equally with myself 

 when I state that any successes which may come to us will give us 



